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Ideal_Rock
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If your kid isn't even old enough to ask for toys yet?
Dh keeps making comments about the number of toys I've been buying for ds (13 months). But at this point, the toys are more for ME than they are for him really. Since I'm a SAHM, getting new toys is a way to help keep him entertained (it's been raining for 3 days straight here, and even when it's not raining, it's too hot to be outside for more than 5 minutes and we live in the middle of nowhere).
Plus, what usually happens is that I hear about something other kids have to play with, and I realize that ds has nothing like it, so I worry he's missing out on learning opportunities because he doesn't have something (my most recent purchase was musical instruments, ds didn't have any other than a little piano). When I hear about other kids his age starting to figure out how to do wooden shape puzzles, I think, hey, I should get one and see if he can do it, etc.
I do buy a LOT of stuff on craigslist if I can, and then I also look for stuff at 2nd hand shops or wait for sales, so it's not really a money issue, dh just doesn't get why ds needs all this stuff.
I've also tried putting some toys away for a while, then bringing them out again so they seem new, but this gets old quick.
Dh keeps making comments about the number of toys I've been buying for ds (13 months). But at this point, the toys are more for ME than they are for him really. Since I'm a SAHM, getting new toys is a way to help keep him entertained (it's been raining for 3 days straight here, and even when it's not raining, it's too hot to be outside for more than 5 minutes and we live in the middle of nowhere).
Plus, what usually happens is that I hear about something other kids have to play with, and I realize that ds has nothing like it, so I worry he's missing out on learning opportunities because he doesn't have something (my most recent purchase was musical instruments, ds didn't have any other than a little piano). When I hear about other kids his age starting to figure out how to do wooden shape puzzles, I think, hey, I should get one and see if he can do it, etc.
I do buy a LOT of stuff on craigslist if I can, and then I also look for stuff at 2nd hand shops or wait for sales, so it's not really a money issue, dh just doesn't get why ds needs all this stuff.
I've also tried putting some toys away for a while, then bringing them out again so they seem new, but this gets old quick.